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Frame Package Contest Q&A's

This is the Thread for Questions and Answers.

Thanks.

(((( If you have not already been to the OFFICIAL RULES THREAD please do so before reading this thread or asking any questions! Thanks!)))
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“The richest man is not the one who has the most, but the one who needs the least.”

Ok. I hope Tom sees this thread soon so i can get my questions answered. Ive got the day off today and plan on working on this all day. Oh, and btw, I took your advice to look at packages around the house lol

I would advise putting a blank white barcode box on the BACK panel (as you have done), but put the text BAR CODE and not a sample one. That way if they need one, great, if not, it is not a problem. Typically this would work best at the lower right or left on the back panel.

Also, the suggestion about adding the two types of triggers the frame comes with (on the Rules Post), people may want to add that on the SIDE panel as well, just a bit smaller.

Thanks. It looks like this is going to shape up pretty good.

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“The richest man is not the one who has the most, but the one who needs the least.”

Ok I am a bit confused. Will the final design be PRINTED in 300dpi or 72dpi. I dont know if its my printer but when i print in 72dpi some parts are blurry even though its huge text. Let me know Shartley. O and you have "Off Topic" email. Thanks again.

The final printing will be done at a minimum of 300 DPI. The reason 72 DPI graphics look like crap when printed is that most printers START printing at 300, and go up from there.

So design all work AT 300 DPI. Tom's Web Staff will then take all those graphics and reduce them for Web Use. So.. don't worry about the 72 DPI issue.

If you take a logo from the AGD Main site (http://www.airgun.com) make sure you take the BIGGEST one you can, then make that into a 300 DPI image, do some sharpening, and it should be fine for use on such a small package.

Hope this helps.. It is hard giving hints without teaching it.

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“The richest man is not the one who has the most, but the one who needs the least.”

3) You agree that you are the creator of the design and did not use any part of it without permission. Copyright enforcement will be strictly adhered to. You are free to use any AGD Graphic or Picture, as well as Logo, in your design.

(Sqweezer, could you go back and delete your post from the RULES Thread. Thanks. )

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“The richest man is not the one who has the most, but the one who needs the least.”

Just my attempt to save my self some long upload times cause of my 28.8. Do the people at AGD have photoshop? If so what version, and could I send in an action instead of the full picture, I'd reatehr send a 1-2k file rather than a 2.9mb file.

Just my thought... I think if we start allowing special things for people, it will get WAY out of hand, real quick.

Please send all files as stated in the OFFICIAL RULES. Each of you may be sending one, to several files to AGD.. but THEY will have to deal with ALL of yours. Lines have to be drawn (no pun intended) at some point.

I hope you understand. Thanks.

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“The richest man is not the one who has the most, but the one who needs the least.”

If AGD doesn't use a design I come up with, I think I should still have rights to it in case I wanted to use it or aspects of it in any future designs I may produce. As someone who makes his living in design and graphics, signing away unused intellectual property is bad business. I don't mind giving up rights to an implemented design, but having my work shelved and then being made inaccessable to me in the future seems unnecessary.

I was kinda hoping we could get a good clear decent res picture of the grip with the Dye's on it. All the pics like that you have up here so far are with the orignal cruppy grips, not the Dye wrap arounds.

Sharley,
I know the frame comes with Dye sticky grips, and it would be appropriate to put the dye logo somewhere on the package. So, does AGD have permission to do that. Also, in accordance with your rules, if they do have permission, would it break your rules to put it on the design because we did not create the logo?

Originally posted by Thordic:This is a question more for Tom than for anyone else.

I was kinda hoping we could get a good clear decent res picture of the grip with the Dye's on it. All the pics like that you have up here so far are with the orignal cruppy grips, not the Dye wrap arounds.

It would make this a little easier :-)

I agree with Thordic. We need some good quality images of the final product to work with. A 72 dpi image will never be as good as a 300 dpi image. Even if you increase the res and sharpen the image. Will it be possible to get these images for us to play with. If you want great quality entries, you need to provide us with great quality images.

Riotz:
Good points. But it is common practice when submitting ANY work to companies, even pictures, that by doing so, you are giving up all rights to the subject matter.

And I think you are missing the point of the contest, it is not intended for Professionals. We do not exclude Professionals, but I would think that they would exclude themselves out of good form. But that is a personal decision.

As was stated, the rules are the rules. And you are free to not enter the contest. I personally would not have a problem with that. But I will NOT change the rules on that point. Sorry.

SuperG:
(Added later: Tom does not want them, and for the same reasons as my ones here.) I would advise against it, since this is NOT a DYE product, but an AGD one. And as for being against the rules because you did not create the logo... actually the rules cover that.. it is alright.

As for the issue about quality images..
Tom can only answer that one. I personally did not have a problem with what I saw online. But I am not everyone. I did test runs here, and it printed fine. Again, Tom will have to make that decision.

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“The richest man is not the one who has the most, but the one who needs the least.”

Since Webbie is entering, I don't think any other "professionals" should be reccomended to bow out. Webbie could easily be considered a "professional"

Also, considering that AGD wants the best logo possible, whoever does the best possible work should win. AGD deserves the best logo anyone could create, professional or amateur. I'm sure there are non-professionals out there who have a huge amount of graphics experience, and professionals who have simply taught themselves. Getting paid to do something doesn't always mean you are good at it. Look at the Mets :-)

Naw I think Webby situation is different. I believe he is an amateur at Graphics Design. But...

I am at a University that is supported by Tax Payers and I have all kinds of design and graphics capabilities at my disposal. So even though I am not a Graphics Designer by profession it could be construed that I took advantage of these and used them to produce something for this. And boy howdy could I! So I will just sit this one out and let you guys play with it.

To address the "Webby" issue. He is not entering the contest. It was a slight oversight on his part.

This has nothing to do with him being a professional or not, but one of him being Staff at AO, AO is where the Contest is being run, and AO is Owned by AGD.

I think this should up that issue to rest.

Thank you.

(Oh, and I was not suggesting that all professionals bow out. I was addressing one "professional" that seemed to have a problem with the rules.. which were geared for armatures. Like I said, it is a personal choice.)

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“The richest man is not the one who has the most, but the one who needs the least.”

Im entering because I want AGD to have the best packaging possible. That may or may not be from me. If I win - I will give the RT Pro to the runner up. Please dont think because you have some experiance you should bow out. AGD needs something clean and good looking - vs amature with lots of lens flairs, 6 typfaces, and 32 different colors... Tom wanted the best of what AO has to offer - that includes all of you...